Personnel adjustments during the Covid-19 pandemic: Did co-determination make a difference?

Daniel Fackler, Claus Schnabel and Jens Stegmaier

No 121, Discussion Papers from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour and Regional Economics

Abstract: Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as well as the churning rate were lower in establishments with a works council. In contrast, the net employment growth rate over the pandemic and the implementation of short-time work did not differ significantly between establishments with and without a works council. We conclude that worker co-determination did indeed make a difference in terms of higher employment stability for the incumbent workforce during the pandemic.

Keywords: works councils; co-determination; personnel adjustments; Covid-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J53 J63 M51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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